Wild weather is coming in 2014, with floods, storms and droughts expected around the Pacific, but little is being done to protect the people on the front lineTHE weather is preparing to go wild, and will wreak havoc and death around the globe later this year. An El Niņo, a splurge of warm water in the Pacific Ocean, is coming. It will unleash floods in the Americas, while South-East Asia and Australia face drought. Yet little is being done to address these consequences.
"The tropical climate system is primed for a big El Niņo," says Axel Timmermann of the University of Hawaii in Honolulu (see diagram).